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A.1. Glossary

Overview​

This glossary collects the meaning of the words used on the CogentAI AAS (AAS) screens and in this manual. The words are split into two tables: general terms in alphabetical order, and product and technical names in alphabetical order. For English abbreviations, the full name is also given.

Terms in Alphabetical Order​

TermMeaningDetails
Acknowledge (ack)Marking an open issue of a scheduled job as "checked" to close it. An administrator does it, because it requires running a command. The job keeps running even if no one acknowledges it.6.1. Scheduled Jobs
AdministratorA person who manages users, models, role templates, and notices. Some screens are visible only to administrators. This person may be different from the operator, who installs and runs the server.Administrator Manual
Allowed userA person who is allowed to talk to the bot. You set this with the user ID used in the messenger.6.2. Messenger Connections
Approval requestA request for permission before an AI agent does something that may be risky, such as deleting a file or running a program. The AI agent waits until you answer.2.6. Answering Approvals and Questions
BotAn account that speaks for your AI agent inside a messenger. You create one separately for each messenger. One bot is connected to only one profile.6.2. Messenger Connections
Bot tokenA secret string that a messenger issues for each bot. AAS does not show the value again after you enter it.6.2. Messenger Connections
Change logA record of who changed what and when. Secret values and text contents are not recorded.7.2. Change Log
ChannelOne messenger connected to a profile. On the screen, "channel" and "messenger" mean the same thing.6.2. Messenger Connections
Clarifying questionA question that an AI agent asks the user in order to continue its work. On the screen it appears as a "Question from the AI Agent" card.2.6. Answering Approvals and Questions
Connection scopeA set of permissions you choose when connecting Claude Code to AAS. The choices are "Read only", "Skill development", and "Everything (my AI agents)". You cannot change it after connecting.7.5. Connecting Claude Code
DashboardThe first screen that gathers the status of your AI agent workspace and the items that need action on one screen.1.1. Introducing AAS and Signing In
DepartmentThe organization unit a user belongs to. An administrator sets it. Each department has one banner text in the 3D Office.7.6. Company Information and My Account
DrawerA detail window that opens on the right side of the screen when you click a row in a list. This manual uses this name.1.2. Using Common Screen Features
GatewayThe channel through which an AI agent receives messenger messages and scheduled jobs. The gateway must be running for messengers and scheduled jobs to work. An administrator starts and stops it.6.2. Messenger Connections
Instructions (AGENTS)Text that describes how an AI agent should work. It covers the way of working, the report format, and what not to do. It applies from a new chat.4.3. Personality (SOUL) and Instructions (AGENTS)
IssueA record that AAS keeps when a scheduled job fails. It closes only after a person acknowledges (ack) it.6.1. Scheduled Jobs
KanbanA board where you turn work into cards, place them in columns, and assign them to AI agents.3.3. Handing Off Work with Kanban
Main profileThe mark on the profile (main) that each workspace has at the start. It cannot be renamed or deleted.4.1. AI Agent Workspaces
Meeting roomA place where people and several AI agents work together in one chat room.3.2. Meeting Rooms and TFT Rooms
Messenger connectionConnecting a messenger such as Telegram, Discord, Slack, or Mattermost so that you can talk to your AI agent there. It is also the name of a screen.6.2. Messenger Connections
ModelThe AI that an AI agent uses to read and write text. Each profile has a main model.4.2. Profile Overview and Model
NoticeA message that an administrator posts in the bar at the top of the screen to announce maintenance, outages, or new features.7.6. Company Information and My Account
OfficeA 3D screen where AI agents and people work together in one room.3.1. Touring the 3D Office
OperatorA person who installs AAS and manages the server. This person may be different from the administrator who manages users on the screen. An administrator hands server-side work that cannot be done on the screen to the operator.Administrator Manual
PairingAn approval request that appears when a person who is not allowed talks to the bot for the first time, or the process of approving it.6.2. Messenger Connections
Personality (SOUL)The introduction that an AI agent always follows. It describes its role, tone of voice, and the rules to keep.4.3. Personality (SOUL) and Instructions (AGENTS)
ProfileThe set of settings for one AI agent in a workspace. It holds the personality, model, skills, tools, scheduled jobs, and messenger connections. Each workspace has a main profile (main) at the start.4.2. Profile Overview and Model
Role templateA personality (SOUL) form written in advance for each company role.4.3. Personality (SOUL) and Instructions (AGENTS)
SafeguardA feature that blocks risky commands. A blocked command is shown in the chat as "blocked by a safeguard".2.7. When Replies Are Blocked or Slow
Scheduled job (cron)A feature that makes an AI agent do the same task automatically at a set time.6.1. Scheduled Jobs
SecretAn API key, token, or password that an AI agent uses to connect to an outside service. Once entered, it is not shown on the screen again.4.4. Secrets and Credential Files
SessionOne chat. Chats, scheduled jobs, and messenger conversations each create sessions.7.1. Usage
SkillA bundle that describes how an AI agent does a particular task. Once installed, the AI agent can do that task.5.1. Skill List
Skill HubThe place where you find and install skill packages and publish your own skills.5.3. Installing from the Skill Hub
Skill mapA screen that shows in a diagram where a skill is called from and what it calls.5.6. Skill Map
Team managerA person who can give work to AI agents and change settings in the AI agent workspaces of teammates in the same department. Changes are recorded in the owner's log with the manager's name.7.2. Change Log
Token (access)A secret string that carries access rights. There are tokens for Claude Code connections and tokens for outside services. It is different from "Token (AI)".7.4. API Keys and Tokens
Token (AI)A unit that counts how much text the AI read and wrote. The amount read is input tokens, and the amount written is output tokens.7.1. Usage
ToolA feature an AI agent uses to do its work, such as reading a file, running a command, or calling an outside service.4.5. Connecting External Tools (MCP)
ToolsetTools of the same kind grouped together. You can turn each toolset on or off, and when it is off the AI agent does not use the tools in that set.4.5. Connecting External Tools (MCP)
UsageA screen that shows the number of chat sessions, messages, and tokens.7.1. Usage
Work folderThe place where files you upload and files that AI agents create are collected inside an AI agent workspace. Profiles in the same workspace share it.2.3. Uploading and Downloading Files
Workspace ownerThe user who owns an AI agent workspace. The owner can change the workspace's settings.4.1. AI Agent Workspaces

Product and Technical Terms​

TermMeaningDetails
AASShort for CogentAI AAS. A web service for managing AI agents on one screen.1.1. Introducing AAS and Signing In
AI agentThe AI assistant you talk to and give work to. In the chat list it appears as the profile name.1.1. Introducing AAS and Signing In
AI agent workspaceThe place where AI agents work. One is created for each user. It holds settings, skills, memory, and files.4.1. AI Agent Workspaces
API keys & tokensKeys and tokens that an AI agent uses to connect to AI models or outside services. It is also the name of a screen in the Settings menu.7.4. API Keys and Tokens
Claude CodeAn AI coding tool from Anthropic that you use in a terminal. You can connect it to AAS from your PC.7.5. Connecting Claude Code
CronThe name of the feature that runs jobs at set times. On the screen it is called "Scheduled jobs".6.1. Scheduled Jobs
HermesThe program that actually runs AI agents inside AAS (NousResearch Hermes Agent).1.1. Introducing AAS and Signing In
LLMShort for Large Language Model. A large AI model that reads and writes text.4.2. Profile Overview and Model
MCPShort for Model Context Protocol. A way to attach the features of outside programs to an AI agent. The features of a connected server are added as tools.4.5. Connecting External Tools (MCP)
OAuthA way to give a program permission by clicking "Allow" in a sign-in window. You do not give your password.7.5. Connecting Claude Code
OIDCShort for OpenID Connect. One way to sign in with a company account.7.6. Company Information and My Account
SSOShort for Single Sign-On. A way to enter several services with one sign-in of your company account.1.1. Introducing AAS and Signing In
TFT roomA TFT (Task Force Team) is a team gathered separately for one assignment. A TFT room is a room where several AI agents take on one assignment together, and an administrator decides its members.3.2. Meeting Rooms and TFT Rooms
zipA file that bundles several files and folders into one. You compress a folder or a skill into a zip file when you upload it.2.3. Uploading and Downloading Files